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<title>Bombay Dub Orchestra</title>
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<title>Nitin Sawhney</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:43:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[British guitarist, producer, actor, film composer and spirit chaser Nitin Sawhney composes a multi-genre world fusion. Using music theories from around the globe, Sawhney has written for Sinead O'Connor, remixed for Paul McCartney and Sting, and produced for the Algerian Rai maestro Cheb Mami and Indian songstress Amar. It's not uncommon to hear Sawhney dropping elements of classical Flamenco, angelic vocals and Middle-Eastern scales over Drum n' Bass and House rhythms. A gifted and original musician, his fusion concepts are mostly instrumental, spiritual and ahead of their time.
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<title>Cheb I Sabbah</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cheb i Sabbah is a legendary Algerian born, San Francisco DJ who spins what he calls an "Outernational Mix," of dance music from "the oasis of Arabia, Africa, Asia." He creates a seamless mix that unifies diverse sounds. His technique is hardly appropriation, for in the context of his decks, the voice of each artist truly shines. He creates a greater, extended community in the mix. His recorded music is less beat-oriented and more quietly meditative. A hybrid of Hindustani classical music and contemporary mixology, Sabbah taps into something seemingly timeless and without borders.
- Marc Kate]]></description>
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<title>Karsh Kale</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:46:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This youthful knob-twiddler/tabla player has already played with heavyweights across the musical spectrum. He's appeared on albums by artists as diverse as DJ Spooky and Herbie Hancock, and most famously he's a member of the electro-Indian supergroup Tabla Beat Science, with Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussein, Bill Laswell and Ethiopian singer Gigi. Kale's solo work is no less interesting, mingling live instrumentation and vocals from artists like the great classical singer Sultan Khan with expansive electronica and drum 'n' bass.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Talvin Singh</title>
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<category>Downtempo</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Growing up in London, Talvin Singh was exposed to punk and electronica, and was classically trained on the tabla from the age of five. After spending some time at school in India, he returned to England to work seriously as a musician, and soon developed his signature style. This sound -- a fusion of Indian bhangra beats (Punjabi dance music from harvest festivals and weddings typically featuring a big beat from a large two-headed drum) and drum 'n' bass -- was the right sound at the right time in multicultural London, and he was soon working with such names as BjÃ¶rk, Massive Attack, the Future Sound of London, Siouxsie & the Banshees and Sun Ra. Singh's Anokha club night followed, which showcased the sound of the Asian underground and brought in drum 'n' bass glitterati like LTJ Bukem. From there he launched his remixing career before focusing on solo production, and his debut, 1998's <I>OK</I>, went on to win England's prestigious Mercury award. Melding the sounds of tabla and Bollywood with jungle and drum 'n' bass, <I>OK</I> took sounds from England's Empire past and immigrant future and made them work as a forward-looking whole. <I>Ha</I> (2001) took a similar path, as did his contribution to the excellent <I>Back to Mine</I> series, with selections from artists as diverse as the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Vibrasphere and Photek. As Singh himself puts it: "Music shouldn't have boundaries. We're living in that time when things have got to unite."
- Nicholas Baker]]></description>
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<title>MIDIval PunditZ</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This New Delhi-based group jumped on the Asian Underground bandwagon early on and became the first Indian electronic outfit signed to an international label. Founders Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj are children of modern India -- steeped in the pop, classical and folk traditions of their country and, as young adults, exposed to the hip-hop, house and drum 'n' bass coming out of Europe and America. Both Raina and Raj felt the international electronic scene didn't draw on the richness of India's music or speak as much as it could to Indian fans. They set up a series of dance parties (Cyber Mehfils) in Delhi and started recording at night. They eventually drew the attention of Talvin Singh, who promptly put them on a compilation and helped launch their career.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Asian Dub Foundation</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Self-described as "MIDI warriors," the Asian Dub Foundation have come a long way from their roots as teachers and students in a music technology workshop for Asian children. However, unlike many initially socially strident groups who finally achieve global stardom, the ADF's political viewpoints have remained steadfast throughout. From the outset, their blend of punk, jungle and Bengali instrumentation proved more popular in France then their native London, but as word spread about their incendiary live performances, people began to take notice. Wishing to capitalize on this momentum, the ADF made the smart move of re-recording their France-only release <i>R.A.F.I.</i> to reflect this live energy, resulting in 1998's <i>Rafi's Revenge</i>, which proved to be their breakthrough album. Headlining tours followed, helped by regular championing from Primal Scream and a pivotal US support tour with the Beastie Boys. Line-ups have ebbed and flowed, but the political message has remained the same Ã¢â¬â for example "Fortress Europe" on 2003's <i>Enemy of the Enemy</i> clearly indicates their views on immigration. The inevitable best-of was released in 2007 (<i>Timefreeze 1995-2007</i>), but the ADF show no signs of slowing down. Expect another retrospective 10 years in the future.
- Nicholas Baker]]></description>
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<title>Bally Sagoo</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:14:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[East meets West in the dance music of U.K.-based Bally Sagoo. An established DJ in high demand as a remix specialist, Sagoo has helped set the tone for the Asian underground movement. Mixing traditional instrumentation such as sitar, tabla and mandolin with House, Garage, and Techno beats, he creates club music that reaches beyond the East Indian community. Cleverly, he uses many different types of singers in his work, from Indian devotional and classical to Bhangra to Ragga to Soul vocalists. Armed with unique drum sounds, unusual breakbeats and general silliness, he rules dancefloors from Bombay to London to New York.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Lal Meri</title>
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<category>Downtempo</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:42:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lal Meri hammered out its 2009 debut the old-fashioned way: Three musicians brought their disparate talents to the table to see what would come of -- get this -- their chemistry. Sure, it sounds dated in this producer-driven era, but it worked. The seed began to sprout with multi-instrumentalist and composer Ireesh Lal, who had recorded his Indian cousin Pooja singing and returned to the States to add some trip-hop beats to her vocals. American singer Nancy Kaye, who had recorded a 2002 pop debut for Def Jam under the name Rosey and seen the release go nowhere, heard Lal's songs on his MySpace page and grew intrigued. After Kaye and Lal had worked on a few songs together, Kaye played the tracks for writer, producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo (Seal, Coldplay, Paul Oakenfold), who immediately joined the ranks and made the duo into a trio. Together, they forged a sound that has many precedents -- global-inflected trip-hop -- but which rarely combines its elements so effectively: The group's organic use of international instrumentation, combined with Kaye's jazzy, subtle vocals, make the sound stand out. In 2009, they released their self-titled debut on Six Degrees Records.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Tabla Beat Science</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's no stretch to travel from fast drum 'n' bass to the wicked finger play of an Indian tabla master, but to do it right takes the right situation and the right people involved. Take the world's best tabla player (Zakir Hussain), add a pioneer of Drum 'n' Bass fusion (Talvin Singh), and produce the whole mess under Bill Laswell's astute direction -- the results are about as good as they can be. For a percussionist, this is a dream -- not only is Hussain's playing unbelievable, but with the added support of Trilok Gurtu (playing a hybrid drum kit/tabla set) and NYC drummer Karsh Kale, you lose track of the rhythms as they meld into one solid groove that permeates your sensory system. If that weren't enough, guest spots by sarangi master Sultan Khan add to the exotic/neurotic feel and are sandwiched between pulsing synthesizers -- which Singh has tastefully underused.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Delhi 2 Dublin</title>
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<category>World Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 09:06:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Ananda Shankar</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:04:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows the Beatles studied with the Maharishi, but not everyone knows Ananda Shankar -- one of the first musicians to really bring Indian music to western pop. Nephew to Ravi Shankar and the son of classical dancers, Shankar grew up in a music-saturated environment. After completing his academic studies, he turned to the sitar. Rather than pursue classical Hindustani music, however, Shankar was interested in fusion almost from the get-go. A trip to California in the late 1960s cemented Shankar's passion for genre-mixing, and he laid down a self-titled album that became a cult favorite -- primarily because of his adventurous eastern takes on songs like "Light My Fire" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash." A new generation of Asian breakbeat artists rediscovered Shankar nuggets in the mid-1990s, and Shankar found himself touring in Peter Gabriel's Womad festival and recording with Asian hipsters State of Bengal. The resulting album, <i>Walking On</i>, is a playful disc that has a harder edge than most Real World releases, though it's certainly not for purists. Shankar died in 1999.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Ustad Sultan Khan</title>
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<category>Hindustani Instrumental</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:16:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sultan Khan is arguably the world's hippest classical Indian musician, after Zakir Hussain. A master of the sarangi, a multi-stringed, bowed instrument, Khan was trained in the Indora gharana (school). He followed in the footsteps of his father, Ustad Gulab Khan, and grandfather, Ustad Azim Khan, who were both celebrated sarangi players and vocalists. Long respected as a master in the Hindustani classical tradition, Khan's career has seen a resurgance in recent years as he's branched out to embrace new-fangled electronica-classical hybrids. He's appeared on DJ Cheb I Sabbah's <i>Sri Durga</i> and worked with Asian Underground outfit Tabla Beat Science and Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>State Of Bengal</title>
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<category>Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A cutting edge dj and producer, State of Bengal (aka Sam Zaman) got his start teaching music to kids in London. After a few trips to his native Bengal to study folk traditions, Zaman started making his own music and mentoring older artists -- including his brother MC Deedar, who went on to found the Asian Dub Foundation. Zaman was also breathing new life into drum 'n' bass with his club appearances, where he mixed Indian and Bengal influences with technical trickery and appealed to a young, urbane generation of British Asians. He caught Talvin Singh's attention, and appeared on Singh's <I>Anokha: Sounds of the Asian Underground</I> compilation (named for the famed British club night). His 1999 debut <I>Visual Audio</I> garnered critical praise, and he came back a year later with <I>Walking On</I>, a collaboration with Ananda Shankar recorded just before Shankar's death. 2004's <I>Tana Tani</I> saw Zaman matching wits with Paris-based singer Paban Das Baul.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Labh Janjua</title>
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<category>Bhangra</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:04:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Shabaz</title>
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<category>World Pop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:35:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Formerly the Ali Khan Band, Shabaz are actually part of an eleven-generation continuum: the brother and sister duo at the heart of the band are the children of the great classical singer Salamat Ali Khan, and their lineage reportedly extends back to court singers for Akbar the Great. Sukhawat and Riffat joined with Riffat's husband Richard Michos, a guitarist and producer, to use their classical training in new settings. The resulting fusion of jazz, Hindustani classical, rock and electronica has caught the ears of luminaries like DJ Cheb I Sabbah, among others.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Dhamaal</title>
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<category>Asian Underground</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:00:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This San Francisco-based artist collective sprang up during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. That trend crashed, but Dhamaal's fortunes have been growing steadily, thanks to a wealth of talent that includes singer Sukhawat Ali Khan, percussionist Ferhan Qureshi and DJ/producer Maneesh the Twister. They use South Asian sounds as a springboard for their electronic experiments.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Trilok Gurtu</title>
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<category>World Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Trilok Gurtu is a jazz percussionist who's played with everyone from Don Cherry, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny and John McLaughlin to Zakir Hussain and Asha Bhosle. His trademark East-West drumkit and elastic style have earned him accolades -- and four Downbeat awards. His own albums hew toward fusion: on 2001's <I>The Beat of Love</I> he brought African pop into the fold, enlisting help from African singers Angelique Kidjo and Salif Keita, among others. In recent years the Asian Underground has taken to Gurtu -- electronica artists like Nitin Sawney and Talvin Singh cite him as an influence and spin his records at club nights. His mother is the great classical (and fusion) singer Shobha Gurtu.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Joi</title>
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<category>Asian Underground</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:32:43 -0700</pubDate>
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